One of Nigeria’s leading stage actors, Nobert Young has described the nation’s fledgling movie industry as amateurish which is bedeviled by poor training.

According to the thespian who is also a participant in the movie industry, “Nollywood has literally shot itself in the foot and it is not going anywhere anymore”.

Mr Young made these assertion on our breakfast show, Sunrise, where he the guest artist of the week.

He made it clear that the perceived multimillion dollar movie industry which is ranked as the third larger producer of movies in the world, must embark on rigorous training of all the skills used in the production of its stories.

“Nollywood is how not to act because it is just beauty that the actors are portraying instead of the ability to be real when acting.”

“They destroy the story by acting only on their beauty” he added.

When asked how come the financial success of Nollywood is still growing despite his alleged lack of professional in the industry, the former Checkmate star who now does more of stage productions than movies stated that “mediocrity is what sells in Nigeria.”

“It is not the first time that people are buying what they don’t need” he alluded, asking that “what sells in Nigeria.”

Suggesting on the way forward, the actor noted that there are diverse guilds in the movie industry. He urged leaders of the guilds to establish training centres for their professions.

Mr Young further declared that he has done enough of talking and was now ready to take some action to rescue his beloved profession, thereby establishing a ‘Centre for Media Development and Acting Academy’ in Lagos where aspiring actors can come and learn the ropes of being the best in the profession.

He also denied the claim that the theatre is dead in Nigeria saying “theatre can never die” as he admitted that there might have being a lull in the level of stage productions but there is a gradual surge in recent times.

He also admitted that low publicity might also be responsible for the declining popularity of stage productions which he claims go on every week across some major cities in the country.



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